Hello and welcome to this second episode of the Manchester

United podcast on tour assisted by team viewer I'm Sam Homeward and with me

right now is Joe Thompson how are you Joe I'm really well Sam and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

Absolutely perfect. Well I would if I'm honest because the rest of this podcast are on the plane. They've gone on tour.

So they're going to go to Thailand, they're going to go to Australia.'re going to go to Australia and we're in Manchester

not that that's not a pleasant place to be but it's out yeah it's not the same though

isn't it no it's not yeah I'm not immediately like oh yeah this is the best place to be. The best place to be will be where they are.

And we're going to hear from them throughout this episode and all the episodes that follow.

So today we've got loads to bring you. We have got the traveling squad party, we'll tell you who's in that.

We've also had the new kit that's been launched. So we'll tell you who's in that we've also had the new kit that's

been launched so we'll give you some reaction to that and also we're gonna hear from

the manager himself Eric Tenhog. I have to learn to know my squad the

personal individuals the individuals, the players.

And that is, I think, one of the biggest advantages from a tour.

We are two weeks with each other, really close together. We will learn each other really close together we will learn each other because I want to

learn them but also they want to learn me.

Okay Joe first up though pre-season tour what is that conjuring your head?

It means held to me if I'm being honest when I start thinking back it means plenty of

running plenty of hard work but in all seriousness it gives you a chance as a team to come together

an opportunity for the manager to obviously implement what he wants to do his philosophy

so it's an enjoyable time as well.

I have done lots of sort of podcasts with former players and we always talk about pre-season.

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